World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

DYSLIPIDEMIA (MEDOROGA) AND ROLE OF LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION

Vd. Sneha Padmakar Kondar*, Dr. Jibi T. Varghese, Dr. Anupama Bathe and Vd. Sneha Nambiar

ABSTRACT

The incidence lifestyle diseases like hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia and obesity associated with cardiovascular disease is high on the rise. Dyslipidemia is elevation of plasma cholesterol, triglycerides (TGs) or both or low high density lipoprotein level (HDL) that contributes to development of atherosclerosis. The epidemic of cardiovascular disease (CVDs) is the most prevalent cause of death and disability in both developed and developing counties. In India there has been an alarming increase in prevalence of CVD over the past two decades so much that accounts for 24% of all deaths among adult age 25-69 years. The world health organization estimates that dyslipidemia is associated with more than half of global cases of ischemic heart disease and more than 4 million deaths per year. Ayurveda is recognized as foremost life science. It describe way to prevent as a whole meaning and intervention targeted towards complete physical, psychological and spiritual well being disorder. So here an attempt has been done to understand the dyslipidemia in Ayurvedic perspective.

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